Albishorn-Formation

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(16%,0%,12%,16%)

Color RGB

R: 180 G: 215 B: 190

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Albishorn-Formation

Français

Formation de l'Albishorn

Italiano

Formazione dell'Albishorn

English

Albishorn Formation

Historical Variants

Albishorn-Formation (Graf 2019)

Age

Age at top

• Middle Pleistocene

Age at base

• Middle Pleistocene

Dating Method

Mittleres Pleistozän (Gubler 2009)

Geography

Geographical extent

Albiskette.

Palaenography and tectonic

• Hochterrasse

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Graf Hans Rudolf (2019) : Die Höheren Deckenschotter von Albis, Uetliberg und Heitersberg. Swiss Bull. angew. Geol. 24/2, 3–25